Pisces Paradox

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Pisces: Year of the Dog 

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An amusing and charming portrait of Dog-Pisces is contributed by the artist Analise Rigan. Dog, a handsome red setter, looks perfectly content enclosed in a bubble; in fact his tail is in the middle of a wag. Inquisitively, he glances over one shoulder — perhaps he is the leader of the pack and he’s looking back for his friends. Then again, he could just be enjoying the procession of colorful fish swimming among the spheres. Whichever it is, with that expressively intelligent profile, we can tell this is an eminently sensible animal. Soft of muzzle with lustrous and feathery fur, this is an exceptionally fine-looking Dog. But then, so are the fish that cruise with him. They are quite large, spaniel-sized and gleaming, with eyes and scales in exquisitely and iridescent colors. Their tails are graceful as they encircle the Dog’s bubble with careful nurturance, just as they would their own offspring. There is a cool, gleaming quality to Rigan’s rich underwater dream as Dog and Pisces move through the water, element of Pisces.

Dog-Pisces is a most interesting combination; Dog is born to worry, Pisces to perceive and evolve. But there may be an underlying fragility here. Rigan’s bubbles could burst bringing this dream to an end. Yet this is sometimes naive zodiac combination somehow works, even though a bit easy to take advantage of. For all the tender qualities the subjects of this East-West sign display, they are really quite formidable. Due to Dog’s persistence this person can tough it out. Because of Pisces’ wisdom this person can learn to trust.

This is how the merging of East and West works. Each sign teaches and moderates the other. Without Pisces to guide him, Rigan’s dog would not have so peacefully submerged. Without Dog’s determination the fish might swim away, leaving the setter to drift alone. Here we see the magic of the fused world and personality that has Rigan created for Dog-Pisces.


Pisces: Year of the Pig 

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Pig-Pisces is the twelfth and last sign of the combined zodiacs. Pisces is considered to be the most evolved of the Western signs, the one into which all the currents of the zodiac flow. The Chinese say Pig is a mass of contradictions. The melding of these signs produces a personality both transparent and deeply complicated.

The Pig is the most refined of the moon signs, having an intrinsic understanding of beauty, art and refinements, even though bred from a wild beast. Beneath the civilized veneer are still strong emotions. Pisces has a rich knowledge of the soul and human experience, but a personality easily distracted by too much information. Both are water signs, flowing without boundary. Together Pig and Pisces have volatile and combustible potentials. Even so, this rich mix works, albeit with a certain extravagant abundance. In a seeming contradiction of their traits, John D. Abel has painted Pig-Pisces with a canny simplicity in a limited color palette — violet, blue, silver, brown — and bold brush strokes. Water, earth and sky, the elements of our world, define and contain this painting in which other symbols are represented. This Pig is powerful and fully grown; it emerges from the water, element of both Pig and Pisces, clearly in search of earthly experience. Although the fish jumps from the water, Pisces symbolically, touches its ruling planet Neptune. Whatever movement this combined sign makes, it will never be far from the mutable and fluid nature of its personality. What kind of human being can we expect? Though Pig-Pisces adores luxuries and often run the risk of self-indulgence, they work hard and creatively in a variety of arenas. They are people deeply connected to life and to others.

Curiously, just as Abel has portrayed, Pig-Pisces is somehow rather basic, even with complex inconsistencies and a sometime lack of emotional boundaries. Learn to enjoy that simplicity and appreciate the depths of Pig-Pisces and you will find a person to be treasured.